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TIL Billy Joel's 1993 album River of Dreams' cover is a painting by his then-wife Christie Brinkley. Rolling Stone later gave Brinkley the Top Picks award for "The Best Album Cover of the Year."

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AwRa TIL at the age of 10, Russian Jewish immigrant Mila Kunis auditioned for but failed to get the role of a Russian Jewish immigrant in the film “Make A Wish, Molly.” Instead, she was cast as a Mexican girl in a secondary role.
JY04v TIL that Vermont ambulances stock maple syrup for 'oral glucose' administration.
BrO9e TIL Imelda Marcos & her husband hold the Guinness World Record for the Greatest Robbery of a Government. She once forced a plane to do a U-turn mid-air just because she forgot to buy cheese in Rome.
Z8o5p TIL that The Beatles made a petition in order to try to get Mick Jagger to portray Alex in A Clockwork Orange.
Y7BPA TIL todays living population makes up 7.5% of all humans that have ever lived on Earth. The population is so high, that for every living person alive today, there are fewer than 15 dead people